HELPFUL CHURCH INFORMATION

 

A NURSERY AND TODDLER ROOM are available downstairs for babies and toddlers during the church service.  Grace Kneil will be there to greet you and your children. A multiage SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS meets in the lower level following “A Time for all Children”.  Anna Duxler and Megan Lovely teach the class.

 

BABY MONITORS are available for those of you who leave your children in the nursery or toddler room during the church service.  To check one out, please see Grace in the nursery.

 

BE SURE TO CHECK OUR WEB SITE ww.ucchurch.org each week for updates and new pictures! A preview of the Order of Service, Sunday announcements and Sermons are posted each week!  An archive of sermons (select the speaker), newsletters, and up-to-date calendar are all readily available on the website too.  Also check out our Facebook page by clicking on “Facebook” on any page of our church website, www.ucchurch.org

 

HEARING ASSISTED RECEIVERS are available for your use during the church service.  Please see an usher if you need one.

 

WANT A CD of a worship service?  Please sign up on the CD Form on the information board in Fellowship Hall.  You may pick-up your CD in the library.  $2 per CD may be put in “Deposit Box” in the office.

 

WOMENS’ GUILD BOOK EXCHANGE New books come in every week for this Women’s Guild outreach project.  Please bring books you have read and think others would enjoy to add to our bookshelves.  We like to keep our inventory interesting and inviting!   

 

CHECK OUT THE BULLETIN BOARDS IN FELLOWSHIP HALL.  The minutes of all the UCC Boards are posted on the bulletin boards as are the roster for the Church Council and all other boards.

 

Good Morning! Welcome to University

Congregational Church!

 

WE INVITE OUR VISITORS TODAY to join us in Fellowship Hall after the service for coffee, refreshments and conversation.  Just follow the crowd down the hallway (west).

 

PLEASE SIGN THE FELLOWSHIP PAD when it comes down the pew.  Members please sign and update any changes in your contact information.  If you are a guest, please sign the pad so that we may thank you for worshipping with us.

 

THIS SUNDAY

 

THE FLOWERS ON THE COMMUNION TABLE TODAY are given by Patsy and Bob Scott in memory of their son, Todd.

 

UCC POLO SHIRTS AND DILLON’S REWARD PROGRAM GIFT CARDS will be on sale in Fellowship Hall after the church service. See next page.

 

 

THIS WEEK

 

THE CHURCH COUNCIL will meet Monday, June 30 at 5:00 in the conference room.

 

THE FINAL CLASS ON “ ZEALOT” will meet this Monday, June 30, at 6:30 in the conference room.

YOGA CLASSES meet on Tuesday at 4:00 p.m. ($5.00).in Fellowship Hall.

THE CHRISTIAN LIFE ADVISORY COMMITTEE will meet on Wednesday, July 2, at 7:00 in the conference room

THE CHURCH OFFICE will be closed on Thursday and Friday, July 3rd and 4th for the Independence Day Holiday.

 

 

UCC POLO SHIRTS will be on sale in Fellowship Hall after the church service.  Shirts for men and women are available in white and hibiscus (coral) for $25 each.  XXL sizes are a few dollars more.   This Sunday is the last chance to purchase a shirt and be ready for the     August “Good News, We Get To Wear Our UCC Volunteer Shirt to Church Sunday”.  These shirts are perfect to wear when you are volunteering at the Head to Toe Hygiene Pantry and other volunteer programs in our church and community.

 

 

LAST DAY TO ORDER DILLON’S REWARD PROGRAM GIFT CARDS! These handy gift cards can be ordered in Fellowship Hall for an initial purchase of $5.00. Before your first purchase at Dillon’s, you load the card (cash, check, or credit card) at the service desk with any amount you wish up to $500. You then can use the Dillon’s card as a credit card when buying groceries or gas.  UCC will receive 5% of the total amount you spend which will go to the Head-to Toe Hygiene Pantry.

 

CHRISTMAS IN JULY The Christian Education Board will be taking orders for personalized Christmas ornaments for three Sundays in July starting July 13. These are the same glass ball ornaments sold several years ago so if your family is not represented on the family Christmas tree that is in Fellowship Hall here is your chance to order your ornament.

 

 

 

 

 

 

SAVE THE DATE to celebrate the June 7 wedding of Ian and Mary- Rachel McGonigle at a reception in Fellowship Hall on Saturday,

     July 12, at 2:00 p.m. Hors devours, wine, and Shocker cake

will be served.  The couple will be wearing

their wedding attire.

 

 

 

WORDS TO THE 1^ST ANTHEM—-Let the River Run–Carly Simon

 

We’re coming to the edge, running on the water, coming through the fog, your sons and daughters

Let the river run, let all the dreamers wake the nation, come the new Jerusalem

Silver cities rise, the morning lights the streets that lead them, and sirens call them with a song.

It’s asking for the taking, trembling, shaking, Oh my heart is aching ,

We’re coming to the edge, running on the water, coming through the fog, your sons and daughters,

We, the great and small, stand on a star and blaze a trail of desire through the darkening dawn.

Come run with me now. The sky is the color of blue you’ve never seen in the eyes of love,

My heart is aching. We’re coming to the edge, running in the water, coming through the fog, your sons and daughters.

Let the river run, let all the dreamers wake the nation,— come the new Jerusalem

 

WORDS TO THE 2^nd ANTHEM—-River in Judea   Jack Feldman, arranged by John Leavitt

 

Often times I dream of music, of the river that freely flows,

and it sings a song sweeter than honey, one everybody knows.

Late at night I hear it singing then again when I wake at dawn,

and it fills me up with hope and good will,  the will to go on.

 

I believe it keeps on trav’lin’ but it rests on the Sabbath day,

And the time when it pauses in stillness, I almost hear it pray,

When I’m weary and down hearted, how I long for the song it sings,

for the calm, within its gentle blue, the peace that it brings —
there is a river in Judea that I heard of long ago,

and it’s a ringing , singing river , that my soul cries out to know.

 

May the time not be too distant when we meet by the river shore

Till then dream of that wonderful day as we sing once more, once more,

There is a river in Judea that I heard of long ago,

Its a singing ringing river, that my soul cries out to know. Hallelujah
 

TRADITIONAL WORD:                                          Proverbs 29:18  KJV

 

“Where there is no vision, the people perish: but the one who respects the Spirit of God is happy.”

 

CONTEMPORARY WORD-The good news and vision:

 

1.  Get out of our building and into the community.

2.   Begin a new worship service in 2015.

3.  Organize and plan worship experiences that touch the heart and the mind.

4.  Adding more small group / mentoring options.

5.  Wednesday night programming.

 

The bad news:

 

1. Every year more than 4,000 churches in the US close their doors.  One recent researcher put the number much higher – between 8,000 and 10,000 churches closing a year.

 

2.   Every year, 2.7 million church members in the US fall into inactivity.

 

3.   While church membership declined by 5 million, the US population increased by 24 million.

 

4.    The US now ranks 3^rd following China and India in the number of people who are not professing Christians.

 

5.    80% of Americans find more fulfilling things to do on weekends than attend church.

 

6.    The median church in the US has 75 regular participants in worship on Sunday morning.

7.     Only 6% of the churches in the US are growing.  That means that 94% of congregations are decreasing.

 

The United States Census Bureau www.churchleadership.org “Statistics and Reasons for Church Decline”.

Hartford Institute for Religion Research “Fast Facts about American Religion”

www.huffingtonpost.com “Why Nobody Wants to Go to Church Anymore”

 

 

HELPFUL CHURCH INFORMATION

 

A NURSERY AND TODDLER ROOM are available downstairs for babies and toddlers during the church service.  Grace Kneil will be there to greet you and your children. A multiage SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS meets in the lower level following “A Time for all Children”.  Anna Duxler and Megan Lovely teach the class.

 

BABY MONITORS are available for those of you who leave your children in the nursery or toddler room during the church service.  To check one out, please see Grace in the nursery.

 

BE SURE TO CHECK OUR WEB SITE ww.ucchurch.org each week for updates and new pictures! A preview of the Order of Service, Sunday announcements and Sermons are posted each week!  An archive of sermons (select the speaker), newsletters, and up-to-date calendar are all readily available on the website too.  Also check out our Facebook page by clicking on “Facebook” on any page of our church website, www.ucchurch.org

 

HEARING ASSISTED RECEIVERS are available for your use during the church service.  Please see an usher if you need one.

 

WANT A CD of a worship service?  Please sign up on the CD Form on the information board in Fellowship Hall.  You may pick-up your CD in the library.  $2 per CD may be put in “Deposit Box” in the office.

 

WOMENS’ GUILD BOOK EXCHANGE New books come in every week for this Women’s Guild outreach project.  Please bring books you have read and think others would enjoy to add to our bookshelves.  We like to keep our inventory interesting and inviting!   

 

CHECK OUT THE BULLETIN BOARDS IN FELLOWSHIP HALL.  The minutes of all the UCC Boards are posted on the bulletin boards as are the roster for the Church Council and all other boards.

 

Good Morning! Welcome to University

Congregational Church!

 

THIS SUNDAY

 

THE FLOWERS ON THE COMMUNION TABLE TODAY are given by Roy and Karen Parker in celebration of their 4^th Wedding Anniversary.

 

UCC POLO SHIRTS AND DILLON’S REWARD PROGRAM GIFT CARDS will be on sale in Fellowship Hall after the church service. See next page.

 

PLEASE STAY FOR THE CONGREGATIONAL CAFÉ which will be held today, right after the church service in Fellowship Hall. The members of the Christian Life Advisory Committee want to share the some of the good information learned at a recent church growth seminar.  Marla Flentje referenced the material in the June/July newsletter insert. This is an important topic and we would appreciate your input.

 

THE ST. PETERSBURG QUARTET will play a free concert in the UCC sanctuary at 2:00 this afternoon. This is a practice session before they leave on their European tour which begins in a couple of weeks.

 

THIS WEEK

 

THE CLASS ON “ ZEALOT” will meet this Monday, 23, at 6:30 in the conference room.

YOGA CLASSES meet on Tuesday at 4:00 p.m. ($5.00) and Friday at 10:00 a.m.in Fellowship Hall.

LARKSFIELD CLASS ON “THE GREATEST PRAYER” will have their final class for this session Wednesday, June 25 in the Club Room.

 

 

 

WE INVITE OUR VISITORS TODAY to join us in Fellowship Hall after the service for coffee, refreshments and conversation.  Just follow the crowd down the hallway (west).

 

PLEASE SIGN THE FELLOWSHIP PAD when it comes down the pew.  Members please sign and update any changes in your contact information.  If you are a guest, please sign the pad so that we may thank you for worshipping with us.

 

UCC POLO SHIRTS, both men’s and women’s, will be on sale each Sunday in June in Fellowship Hall after the church service.  The men’s shirts are white and women’s are hibiscus (coral) and are $25.00 each. XXL sizes are a few dollars more.  These comfortable shirts are perfect to wear when you are volunteering at the Head-to-Toe Hygiene Pantry.

DILLON’S REWARD PROGRAM GIFT CARDS can be ordered in Fellowship Hall next Sunday for an initial purchase of $5.00. Before your first purchase at Dillon’s, you load the card (cash, check, or credit card) at the service desk with any amount you wish up to $500. You then can use the Dillon’s card as a credit card when buying groceries or gas.  UCC will receive 5% of the total amount you spend which will go to the Head-to Toe Hygiene Pantry.

 

 TRADITIONAL WORD:Luke 24:13-21, 28-31

Now on that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, and talking with each other about all these things that had happened. While they were talking and discussing, Jesus himself came near and went with them, but their eyes were kept from recognizing him. And he said to them, “What are you discussing with each other while you walk along?” They stood still, looking sad. Then one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answered him, “Are you the only stranger in Jerusalem who does not know the things that have taken place there in these days?” He asked them, “What things?” They replied, “The things about Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, and how our chief priests and leaders handed him over to be condemned to death and crucified him. But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things took place. As they came near the village to which they were going, he walked ahead as if he were going on. But they urged him strongly, saying, “Stay with us, because it is almost evening and the day is now nearly over.” So he went in to stay with them. When he was at the table with them, he took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them. Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized him; and he vanished from their sight.

 

CONTEMPORARY WORD:

 

Concentrate on the four dots in the middle of the picture for about 30 seconds.

Close your eyes and tilt your head back, keep them closed and you will see a circle of light, continue looking at the circle…  what do you see?

 

 

 

 

 

SAVE THE DATE to celebrate the June 7 wedding of Ian and Mary- Rachel McGonigle at a reception in Fellowship Hall on Saturday,

July 12, at 2:00 p.m. Hors devours, wine, and Shocker cake

will be served.  The couple will be wearing

their wedding attire.

 

 

CHRISTMAS IN JULY The Christian Education Board will be taking orders for personalized Christmas ornaments for three Sundays in July starting July 13. These are the same glass ball ornaments sold several years ago so if your family is not represented on the family Christmas tree that is in Fellowship Hall here is your chance to order your ornament.

 

WORDS TO THE 1^ST ANTHEM

 

I want Jesus to walk with me
I want Jesus to walk with me
All along my pilgrim journey
I want Jesus to walk with me

In my trial, Lord, walk with me
In my trials, Lord, walk with me
When the shades of life are falling
Lord, I want Jesus to walk with me

In my sorrow, Lord walk with me
In my sorrows, Lord walk with me
When my heart is aching
Lord, I want Jesus to walk with me

In my troubles, Lord walk with me
In my troubles, Lord walk with me
When my life becomes a burden,
Lord, I want Jesus to walk with me    

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE who planned, worked, and participated in last week’s Ice Cream Social.  It was a beautiful evening with good food, ice cream, and lots of fun.  Great job!

 

HELPFUL CHURCH INFORMATION

 

A NURSERY AND TODDLER ROOM are available downstairs for babies and toddlers during the church service.  Grace Kneil will be there to greet you and your children. A multiage SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS meets in the lower level following “A Time for all Children”.  Anna Duxler and Megan Lovely teach the class.

 

BABY MONITORS are available for those of you who leave your children in the nursery or toddler room during the church service.  To check one out, please see Grace in the nursery.

 

BE SURE TO CHECK OUR WEB SITE ww.ucchurch.org each week for updates and new pictures! A preview of the Order of Service, Sunday announcements and Sermons are posted each week!  An archive of sermons (select the speaker), newsletters, and up-to-date calendar are all readily available on the website too.  Also check out our Facebook page by clicking on “Facebook” on any page of our church website, www.ucchurch.org

 

HEARING ASSISTED RECEIVERS are available for your use during the church service.  Please see an usher if you need one.

 

WANT A CD of a worship service?  Please sign up on the CD Form on the information board in Fellowship Hall.  You may pick-up your CD in the library.  $2 per CD may be put in “Deposit Box” in the office.

 

WOMENS’ GUILD BOOK EXCHANGE New books come in every week for this Women’s Guild outreach project.  Please bring books you have read and think others would enjoy to add to our bookshelves.  We like to keep our inventory interesting and inviting!   

 

CHECK OUT THE BULLETIN BOARDS IN FELLOWSHIP HALL.  The minutes of all the UCC Boards are posted on the bulletin boards as are the roster for the Church Council and all other boards.

 

Good Morning! Welcome to University

Congregational Church!

 

THIS SUNDAY

 

THE FLOWERS ON THE COMMUNION TABLE TODAY are given by Romy Gerould in loving memory of Romy’s father, Edgar F. Gerould, and grandfather, Romaine H. Lowdermilk.

 

UCC POLO SHIRTS AND DILLON’S REWARD PROGRAM GIFT CARDS will be on sale in Fellowship Hall after the church service. See next page.

 

THE C.E. BOARD will meet in the Science and Exploration Room.

THE DEACON’S will meet in the downstairs conference room.

THE MUSIC BOARD will meet in area outside the downstairs kitchen.

All meetings start at 11:45.

 

THIS WEEK

 

THE CLASS ON “ ZEALOT” will meet this Monday, June 16, at 6:30 in the conference room.  See info on the next page.

ST. PETERSBURG STRING QUARTET will give a free concert Tuesday, 7:30 in the UCC sanctuary. See Next Sunday for info.

YOGA CLASSES meet on Tuesday at 4:00 p.m. ($5.00) and Friday at 10:00 a.m.in Fellowship Hall.

LARKSFIELD CLASS ON “THE GREATEST PRAYER”will  meet on Wednesday, June 18 in the Club Room.

THE MEN’S GROUP LUNCH is Thursday, June 19, 11:30 at the Lakeside Club located at 21^st and Webb behind the Walgreens.  If anyone has any suggestions for speakers, please call George Morrison or the church office. The signup sheet is in Fellowship hall.

 

CAROL REEL’S BIRTHDAY PARTY is Saturday, June 21, at  2:00 in Fellowship Hall. See the enclosed invitation.

 

NEXT SUNDAY

A CONGREGATIONAL CAFÉ will be held on Sunday, June 22 right after the church service in Fellowship Hall. The members of the Christian Life Advisory Committee want to share the some of the good information learned at a recent church growth seminar.  Marla Flentje referenced the material in the June/July newsletter insert. This is an important topic and we would appreciate your input.

THE ST. PETERSBURG QUARTET will play a free concert in the UCC sanctuary at 2:00 on Sunday, June 22. The concerts on June 17 and 22 are part of the preparation for their European tour which begins in a couple of weeks.

WE INVITE OUR VISITORS TODAY to join us in Fellowship Hall after the service for coffee, refreshments and conversation.  Just follow the crowd down the hallway (west).

 

PLEASE SIGN THE FELLOWSHIP PAD when it comes down the pew.  Members please sign and update any changes in your contact information.  If you are a guest, please sign the pad so that we may thank you for worshipping with us.

 

UCC POLO SHIRTS, both men’s and women’s, will be on sale each Sunday in June in Fellowship Hall after the church service.  The men’s shirts are white and women’s are hibiscus (coral) and are $25.00 each. XXL sizes are a few dollars more.  These comfortable shirts are perfect to wear when you are volunteering at the Head-to-Toe Hygiene Pantry.

DILLON’S REWARD PROGRAM GIFT CARDS can be ordered in Fellowship Hall next Sunday for an initial purchase of $5.00. Before your first purchase at Dillon’s, you load the card (cash, check, or credit card) at the service desk with any amount you wish up to $500. You then can use the Dillon’s card as a credit card when buying groceries or gas.  UCC will receive 5% of the total amount you spend which will go to the Head-to Toe Hygiene Pantry.

 

 

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED at the Head-to-Toe Hygiene Pantry Saturday, June 21 from 8:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.  Please sign up Fellowship Hall if you are able to help.

TRADITIONAL WORD:Genesis 22:1-14

After these things God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” He said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains that I shall show you.”

So Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and his son Isaac; he cut the wood for the burnt offering, and set out and went to the place in the distance that God had shown him. On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place far away. Then Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey; the boy and I will go over there; we will worship, and then we will come back to you.” Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on his son Isaac, and he himself carried the fire and the knife. So the two of them walked on together. Isaac said to his father Abraham, “Father!” And he said, “Here I am, my son.” He said, “The fire and the wood are here, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?” Abraham said, “God himself will provide the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” So the two of them walked on together. When they came to the place that God had shown him, Abraham built an altar there and laid the wood in order. He bound his son Isaac, and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to kill his son.

But the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven, and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” He said, “Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.” And Abraham looked up and saw a ram, caught in a thicket by its horns. Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son. So Abraham called that place “The Lord will provide”; as it is said to this day, “On the mount of the Lord it shall be provided.”

CONTEMPORY WORD:  The Living Years

Every generation
Blames the one before
And all of their frustrations
Come beating on your door

I know that I’m a prisoner
To all my Father held so dear
I know that I’m a hostage
To all his hopes and fears
I just wish I could have told him in the living years
Crumpled bits of paper
Filled with imperfect thought
Stilted conversations
I’m afraid that’s all we’ve got

You say you just don’t see it
He says it’s perfect sense
You just can’t get agreement
In this present tense
We all talk a different language
Talking in defense

Say it loud, say it clear
You can listen as well as you hear
It’s too late when we die
To admit we don’t see eye to eye

So we open up a quarrel
Between the present and the past
We only sacrifice the future
It’s the bitterness that lasts

So don’t yield to the fortunes
You sometimes see as fate
It may have a new perspective
On a different day
And if you don’t give up, and don’t give in
You may just be O.K.

Say it loud, say it clear
You can listen as well as you hear
It’s too late when we die
To admit we don’t see eye to eye

I wasn’t there that morning
When my Father passed away
I didn’t get to tell him
All the things I had to say

I think I caught his spirit
Later that same year
I’m sure I heard his echo
In my baby’s new born tears
I just wish I could have told him in the living years
WORDS TO THE 1^ST ANTHEM       “I Lift Up Mine Eye”

 

I lift up mine eyes to the hills, and I wonder from where comes my help?

My help, it comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth.

I lift up mine eyes to the hills and I wonder.  I wonder where is my help?

He will not let you stumble, He will not let you fall, the Lord is your keeper.

The sun will not strike you by day, nor the moon by night, the Lord will keep your life.

The Lord will keep you from all evil, He will keep your life,

He will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth, and forever more.

 

WORDS TO THE 2^ND ANTHEM  “For the Mountains Shall Depart”

 

For one small moment have I forsaken thee, but with great mercies will I gather thee,

for the mountains shall depart and the hills be removed, but my kindness shall not depart from thee.

 

 

 

HELPFUL CHURCH INFORMATION

 

A NURSERY AND TODDLER ROOM are available downstairs for babies and toddlers during the church service.  Grace Kneil will be there to greet you and your children. A multiage SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS meets in the lower level following “A Time for all Children”.  Anna Duxler and Megan Lovely teach the class.

 

BABY MONITORS are available for those of you who leave your children in the nursery or toddler room during the church service.  To check one out, please see Grace in the nursery.

 

BE SURE TO CHECK OUR WEB SITE ww.ucchurch.org each week for updates and new pictures! A preview of the Order of Service, Sunday announcements and Sermons are posted each week!  An archive of sermons (select the speaker), newsletters, and up-to-date calendar are all readily available on the website too.  Also check out our Facebook page by clicking on “Facebook” on any page of our church website, www.ucchurch.org

 

HEARING ASSISTED RECEIVERS are available for your use during the church service.  Please see an usher if you need one.

 

WANT A CD of a worship service?  Please sign up on the CD Form on the information board in Fellowship Hall.  You may pick-up your CD in the library.  $2 per CD may be put in “Deposit Box” in the office.

 

WOMENS’ GUILD BOOK EXCHANGE New books come in every week for this Women’s Guild outreach project.  Please bring books you have read and think others would enjoy to add to our bookshelves.  We like to keep our inventory interesting and inviting!   

 

CHECK OUT THE BULLETIN BOARDS IN FELLOWSHIP HALL.  The minutes of all the UCC Boards are posted on the bulletin boards as are the roster for the Church Council and all other boards.

 

Good Morning! Welcome to University

Congregational Church!

 

THIS SUNDAY

 

THE FLOWERS ON THE COMMUNION TABLE TODAY are given by Anita Jones in memory of 54 wonderful years of marriage.

 

UCC POLO SHIRTS AND DILLON’S REWARD PROGRAM GIFT CARDS will be on sale in Fellowship Hall after the church service. See next page.

THIS WEEK

 

ART CAMP STARTS MONDAY JUNE 9! If you have not signed up for a class you want to take, you can still make your choice in Fellowship Hall today after the service.

 

THE CLASS ON “ ZEALOT” will meet this Monday, June 8, at 6:30 in the conference room.  See info on the next page.

THE NEEDLEWORKERS will meet on Tuesday, June 10, at 10:00 a.m. in Fellowship Hall.  Come join the group, bring your own project, or come and learn a type of needlework you’ve always wanted to try. Bring a sack lunch if you can stay a while.

 

YOGA CLASSES meet on Tuesday at 4:00 p.m. ($5.00) and Friday at 10:00 a.m.in Fellowship Hall.

LARKSFIELD CLASS ON “THE GREATEST PRAYER” will  meet on Wednesday, June 11 in the Club Room.

ICE CREAM SOCIAL IS FRIDAY, June 13, at 6:00. See info on the next page

MEETINGS THIS WEEK: The By-laws Committee meets on Tuesday, June 10, at 5:30,Stephan Ministers meet on Thursday, June 12, at 2:00 and the Personnel Committee Meeting is Thursday, June, 12 at 5:30.

 

 

NEXT SUNDAY

 

THE C.E. BOARD will meet in the Science and Exploration Room.

THE DEACON’S will meet in the area off the downstairs kitchen.

THE MUSIC BOARD will meet in the choir room.

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES will meet in the conference room.

All meetings start at 11:45.

A CONGREGATIONAL CAFÉ will be held on Sunday, June 22 right after the church service in Fellowship Hall. The members of the Christian Life Advisory Committee want to share the some of the good information learned at a recent church growth seminar.  Marla Flentje referenced the material in the June/July newsletter insert. This is an important topic and we would appreciate your input.

UCC POLO SHIRTS, both men’s and women’s, will be on sale each Sunday in June in Fellowship Hall after the church service.  The men’s shirts are white and women’s are hibiscus (coral) and are $25.00 each.

XXL sizes are a few dollars more.  These comfortable shirts are perfect to wear when you are volunteering at the Head-to-Toe Hygiene Pantry.

 

DILLON’S REWARD PROGRAM GIFT CARDS can be ordered in Fellowship Hall next Sunday for an initial purchase of $5.00. Before your first purchase at Dillon’s, you load the card (cash, check, or credit card) at the service desk with any amount you wish up to $500. You then can use the Dillon’s card as a credit card when buying groceries or gas.  UCC will receive 5% of the total amount you spend which will go to the Head-to Toe Hygiene Pantry.

 

 

THE MEN’S GROUP LUNCH is Thursday, June 19, 11:30 at the Lakeside Club located at 21^st and Webb behind the Walgreens.  If anyone has any suggestions for speakers, please call George Morrison or the church office. The signup sheet is in Fellowship hall.

 

 

 

 

 

 

WE INVITE OUR VISITORS TODAY to join us in Fellowship Hall after the service for coffee, refreshments and conversation.  Just follow the crowd down the hallway (west).

 

PLEASE SIGN THE FELLOWSHIP PAD when it comes down the pew.  Members please sign and update any changes in your contact information.  If you are a guest, please sign the pad so that we may thank you for worshipping with us.

 

THE FIRST ANNUAL SUMMER ARTS CAMP WILL START MONDAY, JUNE 9!

 As you know we have some very talented people here at UCC. In the adult classes, several have signed up to share their talent with you by agreeing to teach photography, basic songwriting, knitting and crocheting for a cause, and painting techniques (techniques that Matisse and Seurat used that you can try). The camp dates are Monday, June 9, and Wednesday, June 11from 6:00-8:00 p.m. ending on Friday, June 13, 6:00-8:00 with a wrap up of the classes and all church Ice Cream Social.

 

There will also be children’s classes Monday and Wednesday (June 9 and 11) from 6:15-7:30 and those classes will include crafts for kids, knitting and crocheting for a cause.

 

There is a schedule of classes on a table in Fellowship Hall and a signup sheet. Please see Paul Jackson for any question about the camp or call the office.

 

THE ICE CREAM SOCIAL is Friday, June 13 at 6:00 in Fellowship Hall.  Bring your kids, grandchildren, neighbors, and friends to this fun event.  Hamburgers, hot dogs, brats, and side dishes and of course, ice cream and drinks will be provided.  Sign up in Fellowship Hall or call the office to sign up.

 

 

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED at the Head-to-Toe Hygiene Pantry Saturday, June 21 from 8:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.  Please sign up Fellowship Hall if you are able to help.

 

TRADITIONAL WORD: LUKE 10: 25-37

 

Just then a lawyer stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he said, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” He said to him, “What is written in the law? What do you read there?” He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” And he said to him, “You have given the right answer; do this, and you will live.” But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” Jesus replied, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead. Now by chance a priest was going down that road; and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan while traveling came near him; and when he saw him, he was moved with pity. He went to him and bandaged his wounds, having poured oil and wine on them. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. The next day he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said, ‘Take care of him; and when I come back, I will repay you whatever more you spend.’ Which of these three, do you think, was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?” He said, “The one who showed him mercy.” Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”

 

CONTEMPORARY WORD

 

“People fail to get along because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don’t know each other; they don’t know each other because they have not communicated with each other.”  Martin Luther King Jr.

 

“When elephants fight, the grass suffers.”  Author unknown

 

Words to the second anthem: Down by the Riverside

 

Gonna lay down my burden

Down by the riverside
Down by the riverside
Down by the riverside
Gonna lay down my burden

Down by the riverside
Down by the riverside
Down by the riverside

 

Gonna lay down my sword and shield
Down by the riverside
Down by the riverside
Down by the riverside

Gonna lay down my sword and shield
Down by the riverside
Ain’t gonna study war no more.

refrain

I ain’t gonna study war no more,
I ain’t gonna study war no more,
Study war no more.
I ain’t gonna study war no more,
I ain’t gonna study war no more,
Study war no more.

refrain

Gonna put on my long white robe;
Down By the riverside
Down by the riverside
Down by the riverside
Gonna put on my long white robe; Down by the riverside
Gonna study war no more.

refrain